Question

Put the following sentences into reported (indirect) speech:
1. She said to me: “I am going to town with my brother.”
2. They said: “We are ready to come with you.”
3. Kim said: “We enjoyed ourselves at the party.”
4. I said: “I am not guilty.”
5. She said to her mum: “I have been learning all the morning.”
6. He said: “I don’t like sweets.”
7. Susan said: “My parents never let me stay out late.”
8. He said: “I’ve been on the web since 2005.”
9. “I just don’t want to visit them”, she said.
10. “We are going away, mother”, he said.
11. The teacher said to me: “You are not working hard enough.”
12. The proverb said: “The flock of a feather flock together.”
13. “I’m sorry I couldn’t come”, she said.
14. He said to her: “You look gorgeous!”
15. “My husband too often visits his mother”, she said to her friend.
16. Charles said to Fiona: “I love you.”
17. Fiona said to Charles: “I loved you once.”
18. “When they arrived, I was still reading the newspapers”, she said.
19. “We were planning to go out but then Joe started feeling sick”, he said.
20. They said: “We enjoyed ourselves.”
21. The scientist said: “Wood floats in water.”
22. “When the project first started, there was a lot of interest in it”, she said.
23. He said: “People must obey their country’s law.”
24. “I must go home”, she said.
25. My father said to me: “You’d better write a report.”
26. She said, “I must have a computer to teach online.”
27. She said, “I can teach English online.”
28. “My name is Rose”, she said.
29. “If it rains, I’ll stay at home”, Paul said.
30. “If I married Harry, I would be happy”, she said.
31. She said: “We would have bought a car if my husband had won the lottery.”

Answer 1

She told me she was going to town with her brother.
They said they were ready to come with me.
Kim said they enjoyed themselves at the party.
I said I wasn't guilty.
She told her mom she had been learning all the morning.
He said he didn't like sweets.
Susan said her parents never let her stay out late.
He said he had been on the web since 2005.
She said she just didn't want to visit them.
He told his mother they were going away.
The teacher told me I wasn't working hard enough.
The proverb said that the flock of a feather flock together.
She apologized she couldn't come.
He told her she looked gorgeous.
She told her friend that her husband visited his mother too often.
Charles told Fiona he loved her.
Fiona told Charles she had loved him once.
She said she was still reading the newspapers when they had arrived.
He said they were planning to go out but then Joe had started feeling sick.
They said they enjoyed themselves.
The scientist said that wood floats in water.
She said that when the project first had started, there was a lot of interest in it.
He said people must obey their country's law.
She said she must go home.
My father told me I had better write a report.
She said she must have a computer to teach online.
She said she couldn't teach English online.
She said her name was Rose.
Paul said that if it rained, he would stay at home.